Let’s be clear – there aren’t any good tools that will build links. Spam and paid links are no good in the eyes of both search engines and people. Other tools help you research sites that you could get quality backlinks from, and see what backlinks you already have. But …
The Magical World of Guest Posting
Imagine a world of sunshine and flowers, where you could control exactly who linked to you, what the link text was, and what information your site address was affiliated with. You could ride unicorns under double rainbows all day long singing about SEO. Welcome to the magical world of… guest posting? …
4 SEO Methods That Are Not Worth It
Yes, allowing customers to find you in search rankings is important. But consumers are growing more and more educated about how to find quality information and services online. You don’t just want to be found – you want to be respected. Here are 4 SEO strategies that might improve your …
Friday Night Links: See Results Now
This week’s theme seems to be making little changes to see big results. You might want to revamp your PPC campaign or rewrite something as long as a sales page or as short as a bio – we’ve got articles for that! And if you’re looking for better tools or …
How to Choose the Best Social Media Strategy for Your Business
Social media has been all the rage for a while now. To define it simply, social media just means online platforms that give you a chance to get social – e.g. talk to your friends, interact with your customers, search for potential clients and talk about your brand. Social media …
How to Optimize for Google Places
We all know anyone who wants to be someone in the Internet world (and beyond) can benefit immensely from high search engine rankings. We know that, people –including ourselves- rarely look further than the first couple of search engine result pages. That’s why Google constantly works on perfecting its algorithm …
The No BS Guide to Twitter
What Twitter is (and isn’t) The popular micro-blogging platform Twitter has become more powerful over the last few years. While it hasn’t inspired producers to make a whole film about it, many books (and e-books) have been written to explain and help make better use of this social media channel. …
Friday Night Links: Links We Love
All of these hearts and flowers and boxes of chocolate have really gone to our heads this week. Maybe it’s been our rose-colored glasses, but there have been a lot of other happy blog posts this week, too. We want to share some links to articles that make us feel …
Our Favorite Keyword Research Tools
When using SEO to get traffic from search engines, finding the right keyword is everything! Your site needs to contain the same words or phrases that your potential customers are typing into search engines right now. Thankfully, there are a variety of tools that can help you find the most …
SEO 101 for Start-up Companies
You are here because you know how important search engines are. You want your customers and potential customers to find you. Wouldn’t it be nice if your company came up high on the result pages when people searched for a product or service that you are specialized in? But of …